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US jury orders Apple to pay $5.7 billion for patent infringement
September 27, 2026 at 09:27 AM · Updated 19d ago
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A US jury has ordered Apple to pay more than $5.7 billion to Taction Technology for infringing two patents used in the iPhone's Taptic Engine.
- A US jury found on Friday that Apple's Taptic Engine violated two patents held by San Diego-based Taction Technology, ordering the company to pay over $5.7 billion.
- Apple told CNBC it disagrees with the verdict, plans to appeal, and maintains it does not use Taction's technology, citing trial testing it says confirmed the difference.
- The jury concluded Apple did not willfully infringe the two patents; a willful finding could have tripled the damages award.
- Taction attorney Lance Yang said the company welcomes the jury's decision, which he said affirmed its patent rights.
- Taction filed the lawsuit in 2021; a San Diego judge dismissed it in 2023, and the Federal Circuit revived it before the verdict.

